Wire-reel truck.



No. 709,932. Patented Sept. 30, I902.

F. W. SCHOOLEY.

WIRE REEL TRUCK.

(Application filed Dec. 28, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK W. SOHOOLEY, OF DUBLIN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BERT L. HTATT, OF DUBLIN, INDIANA.

WIRE-REEL TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 09,932, dated September 30, 1902.

Application filed December 26,1901. Serial No. 87,328. (No model.)

T a h it m y 807L067? sents the axle on which said wheels are Be it known that I, FRANK \V. SCHOOLEY, mounted and on which they are adapted to acitizen oftheUnited States,residingat Dubrevolve. D represents a frame preferably lin, in the county of Wayne and State of Informed of a bar of spring metal, the central 5 diana, have invented and produced new and portion being intended to be used as a handuseful Improvements in fire-Reel Trucks, hold, the outer portions being bent at right of which the following is a specification, refangles thereto and extending backward and erence being had to the accompanying drawdownward in a curve, where the extreme ends ings, forming a part thereof. are enlarged and are provided with holes IO The object of this invention is to provide which are adapted to receive the outer ends a strong, durable, and efficient device for t'aof the hubs B and B, as shown. The ends cilitating the distribution of fence-wire along of the axle O are provided with two holes, in the line near where it is to be used in the which are inserted the keys E and E, as

construction of fences. shown. 1 Another ob'ect is to provide a wire-reel The reel mechantsm.-The reel ro er is mounted in a novel manner on carryingformed substantially as follows: H and H wheels, which will be neat and attractive in represent the hubs of the reel, which are appearance, easy of operation, and which can adapted to fit over and around the inner probe manufactured and sold at a comparatively jections of the hubs B and B, respectively.

20 low price; and still another object is to pro- Each of said hubs H and H is provided with vide a device for carrying and distributing outwardly-projecting flanges, which provide fence-wire,a reel mounted on carrying-wheels means for securing thereto on each hub the adapted to revolve independently, means for four ontwardly-projecting arms I I I I and easily and quickly placing a bundle of wire I I I 1, respectively. Said arms extend 25 on the reel ready fordist-ribution withoutthe outward at right angles to the axle O, as necessity of uncoiling or rewinding the bunshown. Extending from the outer ends of die of wire. each of the arms I to the outer ends of each Myinvention relates to awire carrying and of the arms 1 at right angles thereto and distributing device; and the invention coulying parallel to the axle O are the fourcross- 3o sists in the novel arrangement, construction, pieces H.

and combination of the several parts, more By the above itis seen that I have provided fully set forth hereinafter and specifically a reel or spool adapted to revolve independpointed outin the appended claims terminatently around the axle O, with its bearings ing this specification. journaled on the hubs B and B of the main 35 Other objects and advantages will appear wheels.

from the following description and from the ReeZgttards.L represents a guard-band appended drawings, in which are shown the slightly smaller in circumference than the 0 objects and advantages of my invention. wheel A, with four guards H secured there- Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 to, projecting inward to near the center and 40 is a top plan View of my entire device. Fig. an equal distance apart. Each ofsaid guards 2 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. M is provided on one side with two slots 1 3is a sectional elevation thereof, taken 011 the and R, which are substantially of the form line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail elevaand proportions shown. Secured on the tion of the reel, showing guards attached, outer faces of each of the arms I are two bolts 45 taken on the line Y Y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 or screws N and O, the former being nearer is a detail view of the reel-guards removed the center and are stationary, and the latter from contact with the reel. being nearer the outer ends of I and are proto) Similarlettersrefertosimilarpartsthroughvided with thumb-heads, whereby they can out the several views. be tightened or loosened by hand. It can 50 The carriage mcchanism.A and A repnow be seen that should the guard-band L resent the two supporting and carrying be brought to surround the end of the reel, wheels, each provided with a hub B and B", so that the four guards M will lie parallel I05 respectively, of novel construction. 0 reprewith and against the outer faces of the arms I, the slots P and R will come nearly opposite the bolts or screws N and O. The screws N and should be turned to the left,

' so that their shoulders will be removed from the arms I a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the guards M. The guards M are now secured to the arms I by moving the guards M so that the screws N and 0 will enter the slots P and R to their innermost extremity. The screws 0 are now turned to the right until their shoulders tightly clamp the guards M against the face of the arms I. The guard-band L being resilient, it can be seen that any point on the periphery of L can be pressed inward toward the center for the purpose of causing the mouths of the slots P and R to come op- .posite the scre1rs N and O for the purpose of engaging the screws N and O in the slots P and R in the manner shown.

I have just described the guards as applied to the left-hand side of the reel. It is apparent that guards consisting of similar parts and of same form and construction are to be used on the right-hand side of the reel in a similar manner, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, and both'sets of guards are substantially as that shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Fig. 5 shows the parts just described entirely detached from the reel,and it is apparent that these parts are adapted to be attached to either side of the reel interchangeably.

Operation: When my invention is constructed as herein shown and described and desiring to use the device, the operation is as follows: I remove the keys E and E and then remove the frame D by spreading the ends outward until they are disconnected from the hubs and the axle. I then remove the wheel A fromthe axle O. I then loosen the thumb-screws O and pull outward and to the left on each of the guards M one at a time, thus disconnecting them from the reel. When the above is accomplished, the roll of wire to be used can be placed on the reel resting on the four cross-pieces H. \Vhen this is done, I replace the guards, Fig. 5, on the end of the reel, as shown in Fig. at. The wheel A is then replaced and also the frame D, and, lastly, the keys E and E, and when this is completed the reel will appear as shown in Fig. 2 and is then ready for work. It is apparent that the roll of wire can be placed on the reel from either side and that the operation is substantially the same.

The device can be moved where desired, carried by the wheels A and A" and propolled by hand applied to the central portion of the frame D.

The outer end of the wire on the reel can be secured to some stationary object, and as the device is then propelled forward the wire will be withdrawn from the reel and will be laid along the ground where desired.

My invention is perfectly adapted to accomplish the results for which it is intended,

and it is evident that changes in and modiflcations of the specific construction herein shown and described may be made and that analogous parts may be used to accomplish the same results without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its many advantages, and the specific construction of the details of my invention, in which novel features are embodied, may be variously changed without altering the essential principles which are claimed as new.

The terms forward, backward, outward, and other similar terms are used for convenience of description, and it is not intended by their use to limit the arrangement and operation of the parts to the relative positions indicated.

Having now fully shown and described my invention and the best mode of its construction to me known at this time, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a wire-reel truck, the combination of a pair of wheels mounted on a common axle, each wheel being provided with a hub with an inward and an outward projecting flange, a wire-reel provided with hubs journaled on the inner flanges of the hubs of the wheels, removable guards to be attached to each side of the reel and secured thereto, a frame formed of one piece of material to provide a handhold and extending half-way around the truck with its ends journaled on the outer flanges of the hubs of the wheels, and keys passing through holes in each end of the axle, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. The reel formed of outwardly-projecting arms I and I connected by the members H at rightangles thereto and secured to the outer ends thereof, removable guards adapted to be secured to each side of the reel by screws N and O and N and 0, said guards consisting of the bands L and L with arms M and M projecting inward therefrom and each provided with two L-shaped slots to engage said screws in the reel, and hubs H and H journaled on the inner flanges of the hubs of the drive-wheels.

3. In a wire-reel truck the combination of the axle, transporting-wheels mounted on the ends thereof, a reel mounted between said wheels and journaled on the hubs thereof, the

U-shaped member D each end of which is journaled on the outer flange of one of the hubs, and keys E and E for securing the mechanism on the axle 0, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK W. SOHOOLEY.

Witnesses:

BERT L. HIATT, R. E. RANDLE. 

